Maria Cortes is raising her daughters Denisse Brisuela, 1, left, and Keylin Brisuela, 2, without their dad, Denis Brisuela, who was killed by a robber ﻿two years ago. His homicide case was practically forgotten.

Maria Cortes is raising her daughters Denisse Brisuela, 1, left,...

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